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Twitch’s top 0.5% streamers generated 76% of June viewership | StreamElements State of the Stream

July 28, 2023
Missed the GamesBeat Summit excitement? Don’t worry! Tune in now to catch all of the live and virtual sessions here. Twitch’s daily viewership remained flat in June but StreamElements’ latest State of the Stream report uses Rainmaker.gg data to highlight how top-heavy the platform is. Monthly Twitch hours watched in June 2023 In June, Twitch viewers watched 1.708 billion hours of…
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The Xbox Series X is $50 off at Dell

July 28, 2023
If you’ve been thinking of picking up an Xbox Series X, here’s a rare chance to grab Microsoft’s console at a discount: Dell is selling a bundle that pairs the device with a copy of the open-world racing game Forza Horizon 5 for $450. That’s $50 off…
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Acquisition pause, Venom, and Ubisoft’s ‘large game’ | Kaser Focus

July 22, 2023
Missed the GamesBeat Summit excitement? Don’t worry! Tune in now to catch all of the live and virtual sessions here. Another long week on the books, and luckily this one was not entirely dominated by the Microsoft-FTC-Activision Blizzard scuffle. In fact, given that Microsoft and Activision Blizzard have extended their deadline for the acquisition to October, it appears that the whole…
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Jam City launches DC Heroes & Villains mobile RPG

July 20, 2023
Missed the GamesBeat Summit excitement? Don’t worry! Tune in now to catch all of the live and virtual sessions here. Jam City has launched DC Heroes & Villains, an action puzzle RPG game that features superheroes and supervillains of the DC universe. The mobile…
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Xbox Game Pass adds Celeste, Venba in late July wave

July 20, 2023
Missed the GamesBeat Summit excitement? Don’t worry! Tune in now to catch all of the live and virtual sessions here. Xbox announced today which games are coming to Game Pass in the second wave of July. The new games only include one launch day release, but otherwise…
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Microsoft extends Activision Blizzard merger deadline by 3 months

July 19, 2023
Missed the GamesBeat Summit excitement? Don’t worry! Tune in now to catch all of the live and virtual sessions here. Microsoft has agreed to extend the deadline for its $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard by three months to October 18, 2023. The deal has been pending for 18 months and the closing was expected to happen by July 18, but regulatory delays have held up the…
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Goodbye, Xbox Live Gold — Hello, Game Pass Core

July 19, 2023
Missed the GamesBeat Summit excitement? Don’t worry! Tune in now to catch all of the live and virtual sessions here. Xbox announced yesterday that it is phasing out Xbox Live Gold, its long-running subscription service for online multiplayer, later this year. It’s…
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Appeals court denies FTC request to stop $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard

July 17, 2023
A federal appeals court denied a Federal Trade Commission request to stop the $68.7 billion Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard today. The denial could clear the way for the deal to close in the next few days. A three-judge appeals court panel denied the motion for injunctive relief filed this week by the Federal Trade Commission, which sought to block the merge on antitrust grounds.
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